president obama's inauguration, but joe biden's parade. pennsylvania avenue might as well have been iowa or new hampshire. jogging, waving, hugging, and mugging in ways that gave visual credence to, the idea that he's intoxicated by the idea of a 2016 run. at a weekend inaugural event this amateur convenient caught biden's ambition. he petred with 200 top democrats reportedly to celebrate mr. obama's re-election but one new hampshire democratic heavyweight who was at biden's party wasn't fooled. >> i don't think there's any question that he'll be a contender. i think biden has really come into his own on a national level in the last six months. >> biden knows if outgoing secretary of state clinton runs she will be as she was in 2008 the early front-runner. this reamount surfaced a bit during the benghazi testimony on capitol hill. >> i for one hope after a bit of rest you'll return to public service and should you return to florida, we'll look forward to welcoming you there. >> both are ritualistically evasive. clinton does reject the "r"